Marc Almond - A Love Outgrown lyrics

When i was seventeen I was chasing after dreams In southport I had to get away Or end up in a nursing home alone When i was seventeen I had a special love And southport Didn't seem a bad place after all On the promenade The carnival facade is peeling And the floral clock Has stopped a moment caught in time Such a sad decay Well, it's something like the way i'm feeling For such a dream so big Southport seemed a little bit too small And i was still naive I really did believe in magic Thought i had found a love And treasured it above all else But then i looked beyond I saw another life was waiting I was chasing after dreams I had to find them by myself I hope you understand Such a love could never be The sea has turned my soul And it aches to be free I will always think Of southport at the fair Summer on the beach The fun that we had there With southport in my mind But las vegas in my heart I set out to search for the stars But every dream i dream Follows where you've been And it's tearing my heart apart When i was seventeen I left to find my dream From southport January came I blame myself for out goodbyes Nothing is so sad As the sea side out of season And nothing is so sad As you and i When i was seventeen I was chasing after dreams In southport I had to get away Or end up in a nursing home alone And now it seems i'd never been A boy of seventeen In southport It didn't last A lifetime pa**ed A love outgrown Was it all a dream Or was it all for real I'm standing on the pier I'm trying not to feel The tears are in my eyes Your face is in the sand I'm trying to look down I'm reaching out my hand I'm falling to the wind I'm waiting for the sea But the sea is never in It's never in for me In southport (it's never in for me) (repeat and fade)